Sack-holder



APPLICATION FILED FEB. 2,1920.

E.. ERl'CKSON.

SACK HOLDER.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

INVENTOF? ERICK ERICKSON BY HIS ATTORNEY ERICK ERICKSON, OF MINNEAPOLIS,MINNESOTA.

SACK-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

, Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Application filed February 2, 1920. Serial No. 355,652.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERICK ERIOKSON, a subject of the King of Swedenresiding at Minneapolis, in the county of Ifennepin and State ofMinnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sack-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sack holders and the object is to provide asimple yet efficient adjustable device for the purpose of holding sacksin open position while being filled. The invention is clearlyillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device complete.

Fig. 2 is a front view of the upper portion of the device as seen fromthe left in F ig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a top view of Fig. 2 slig tly modified.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged top view of the device as seen in Fig. 1 andshowing a sack held in position to be filled.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail sectional view on the line 5-5 in Fig. 4.

Referring to the drawing by reference numerals, 6 designates a platformto which is fixed a standard 7 having a series of notches 8 in one sidethereof. Slidably mounted on said standard is a shelf 9 to the undersideof which is pivotally secured a dog 10 adapted to engage the notches 8at any height desired. Pivotally secured to the top of 'the shelf 9 is abell-crank-lever 11, having hingedly connected at one end thereof anotch engaging piece or handle 12 which is adapted to engage any one ofa series of notches 13 in a segmental edge of the shelf 9, and which ispivotally connected at its other end to one end of a segmental hoop 14to the outer side of which are secured a number of sack engaging teeth15 adapted to support a sack 16. The segmental hoop 14 may be in onepiece pivotally secured at its ends, as shown in Fig. 3, orv it mayconsist of several hingedly connected sections tion.

When a sack is to be filled the shelf 9 is first adjusted to the heightdesired. The

open end of the sack 16 is then stretched over the pegs or hooks 15.Further stretching of the sack as'well as adjusting the size of the usedportion of the hoop is accomplished by lifting the handle 12 to thehorizontal position, then swinging the bellcrank-lever until the properadjustment is made and then dropping the handle into the notch 13adjacent such position.

Having now therefore fully shown and described my invention what I claimto be new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is:

1. A device of the class described consisting of a suitably supportedstandard, a shelf adjustably secured to said standard, said shelf havingnotches in a segmental portion thereof, a bell crank lever pivotallymounted on said shelf, a flexible band having hooks thereon secured atone end to said shelf and secured at the other end to one end of saidbell crank lever, a handle secured to the opposite end of said bellcrank lever, said handle being adapted to engage said notches.

2. A device of the class described consisting of a suitably supportedstandard, a shelf adjustably supported on said standard, a sack holdingflexible band having hooks thereon secured at one end to said shelf, alever arm pivotally mounted at one end to said shelf and pivotallyconnected at the other end to the opposite end of said flexible band,means for securing said lever arm in various positions, a horizontalbracket secured to and extending out from said shelf, said bracket beingadapted to support said flexible band.

In testimony whereof I afiix m si nature.

ERICK ER cKso

